From jflofland at ucdavis.edu  Wed May 18 17:35:31 2005
From: jflofland at ucdavis.edu (John Lofland)
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:35:31 -0700
Subject: [OldNorth] Fifth&E accident, 3:55 pm May 18
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ONDers,

At about 3:55 pm, Wed., May 18, a car proceeding north on E and 
trying to cross Fifth ran into the right front a west bound auto and 
was knocked westward and onto the northwest corner of Fifth and E, 
stopping just short of a fire hydrant there. None of the involved 
told the quickly responding firepeople they were hurt.

I have long thought that this kind of very common accident in 
crossing Fifth can best be dealt with by having "right turn only" 
signs at each signal-less north-south approach to Fifth. Or, is that 
Draconian?

Also, I am not certain that the OLD plan deals adequately with this 
kind of foolish north-south crossing at signal-less FIfth street 
intersections.

John